I open my mouth to speak, my thoughts a tumult. “Tessla,” he says with passionate firmness, his gaze suddenly serious. He pulls me close and rests his forehead gently against mine. My heart pounds and my nerves flutter, but I know I want this.

It is extremly triggering for so many reasons and yet it does have its own moments of hope and love in the form of Vale and Tessla Gardner and boy was that a tale of its own epic proportions. Wandfasted is not a book for many people. Reading such a short book and yet being aghast strongly then what the Black Witch read done to me says a lot.

We get to see the ghastly culture of their people, their treatment of the outcast and the appealing treatment of forced marriage and The unfair treatment of women. Here we get to experienced the oppressed Gardnerians and how they were prosecuted and their side of the story but Laurie Forest doesn’t stop and letting us fully feel bad for them. You get to relive the start of what one day will become the foundations of the Gardnerians, (Yes those crummy people from the Black Witch) and what will be result to the plot and setting for Elloren story. Wandfasted is an interesting little book which gives us a glimpse not often seen in a Young Adult book or a Fantasy series in my opinion. Every people will think they are the righteous one, the pure one, or the hero when in fact they are the villains of their own story. The past is a product of actions of people and how the cycle of hatred and the consequences of war will continue to plague everybody. I push through the wall of priests behind me and flee. His eyes are on me, white-hot, his fire coursing higher.

I wrench away from Vale, my mouth open in horror.

Trigger Warning: Effects of War, Forced Marriage, Sexual Assault, Xenophobia, racism, Misogyny, homophobia and religious fanaticism to sexism, bullying, and physical and mental abuse. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had…and an irresistible draw towards Vale Gardner, the son of the most powerful mage her people have ever known – the Black Witch. Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at the illustrious Verpax University, Erthia was rent asunder during the devastating Realm War. Magic, romance and adventure collide in WANDFASTED, the irresistible ebook prequel to THE BLACK WITCH

Wandfasted series